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13,620 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Violence in Tehran, the earthquake in Mexico and people killed in Laos drew the news. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMexico 41 in 100 of its 338 stories, usually 14
RegionCentral Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iran

458 of its 1,119 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tehran accounted for 244 of Iran's 458 stories about harm, carried by 511 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (177 stories). Power cuts were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

139 of its 338 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Laos

15 of its 21 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Laos over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Algeria

14 of its 29 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Algiers accounted for 11 of Algeria's 14 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Ireland

223 of its 902 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Egypt

21 of its 97 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

634 of its 2,626 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Wildfires were named in 237 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uganda

Kampala accounted for 27 of Uganda's 78 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Landslides were named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (237 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in China (62 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bird flu in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); food poisoning in US (399 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Jul. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 13,620 stories about harm among 71,848 counted on 17 Jul.

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The news turned to Iran for the seventh day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 71,848 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Mexico's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. Iran's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba56 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 47 · mostly shelter & services Venezuela55 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 76 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh52 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda49 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 44 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Israel42 in 100 of its 441 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 Tehran Iran78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Delhi India61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195 Moscow Russia21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 458 stories about harm ● Mexico about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 376 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Uganda about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 78 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,486 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents24% 3,261 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,148 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,330 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 750 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 547 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 486 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 302 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed3,289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,457 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured846 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations250 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting abductions181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill94 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced89 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting refugees68 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Pakistan

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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